Diana Davis - Senior Conservator - National Museum of the Royal Navy, talks about the conservation of the 42-Pounder cannon from HMS Victory 1744 shipwreck.
Since her discovery ten years ago, the wreck of HMS Victory 1744, the predecessor to Nelson’s famous flagship, has captured the imagination of naval enthusiasts and maritime archaeologists.
Her sinking is one of the Royal Navy’s worst naval disasters. Commanded by Admiral Sir John Balchin, all 1100 crew were lost when she sank during a storm off the coast near Plymouth in 1744.
After 250 years on the bottom of the English Channel, West Dean College of Arts and Conservation were presented with a 3.3 tonnes bronze cannon and began conservation, a treatment that would take 10 years to finish.
42- Pounder cannon is on display at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.
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12 сен 2018